Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED APR. 241', 1903. A. A. DONHAM 6v I. D. PEARGE.

N0l\I-REFILLABLE` BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED 0T.20, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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INVE/VTOR-S INTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNE A. DONHAM AND ISAAC D. PEARCE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI;

' SAID PEARCE ASSIGNOR TO SAID DONHAM.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,944, dated April 21, 1903.

Applicationled October 20, 1902. Serial No. 128,037. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANNE A. DONHAM and IsAAo D. PEARCE, citizens of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have'invented new and useful Improvements in Non- Q Refillable Bottles, of .which the followingis a specification. v

Our invention relates to non-reiillable bottles, the object of our invention being to pro- I vide a bottle for sauces, medicines, perfumes, liquors, dac., which cannot be filled a second;

a non-reflllable bottle embodying our inven tion. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the baffleplate, the walls about said plate beingsectioned on line a b ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the upper cup-shaped valve. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the plug which forms the seat for the upper valve. Fig. 5 is a top plan View of the lower valve.

Cemented Within the neck of the bottle (after the filling of the bottle) is a tubular plug 1, which may be of metal, glass, or any suitable material. The upper end of said plug is adapted to receive a cork. An annular flange 2, integral with said plug, rests on the mouth of the bottle. Across the upper portion of said plug, integral therewith, is a bafie-plate 3, having ports 4 therein for the passage of liquid. The portions 5 between said openings connect the body of said plate with the plug 1. The section in Fig. 1 is taken through two of the ports 4 in saidplate. A

short distance below saidplate 3 the p1ug1 is provided with an internal annular flange 6, the upper portion of which is broader (not thicker) than the lower portion thereof, as shown in Fig. 1. The purpose of this iiange is to make it more difficult to hold open the valve 13 with a wire to cause liquid poured into the bottle to iiow mainly into the cavity in said valve and to limit the opening movement of saidtvalve.

Fitted within the lower end of-the plug 1 is a small tubular plug 7, having an external annular iiange 8, which underlies the bottom of the larger plug 1. The lower portion of 'proximately conical in shape. valve is a cylindrical chamber 15, which is plug 7 forms a crenelated liange, which is di vided into alternate projections 9 and recesses 10, as shown. These recesses 10 form ports `for the efflux of liquid from the bottle when the lower valve 12 is unseated by tipping the bottle. The main (upper) valve 13 rests upon -the upper inner edge ofplug 7. In external `form said valve is cylindrical, except that its outer face is cut by a plurality of vertical ,iiutes or grooves 14 and its lower end is ap- Within this made as large as possible in orderthat it will receive a greater volume of any liquid than would pass into the grooves 14 of the valve. The upper end of this valve is about onesifxteenth of an inch below the bottom of the aforesaid internal flange 6 of plug 1.

j Fitted between a recess provided around the lower portion of plug 1 and the neck of the bottle is a cup-shaped piece 17, at the bottom of which is an inwardly-projecting iiange 18, which forms a seat for a disk valve 12. Said valve l2 is flat beneath, and its upper face is mainly dat, but is slightly concaved, as shown. In the periphery of this valve are several recesses or ports 19, adapted to pass liquid from the bottle. The purpose of this valve operating in connection with the uppervalve 13 is to render any refilling process more ineffectual.

In assembling the above-named parts the cupped valve 13 is slipped into the plug 1, and the valve-seat plug 7 is then inserted in the lower end of said plug and secured by cement or otherwise. The lower valve 12 is dropped into cup 17, into which the lower end of the plug 1 is inserted. The cup 17 may or may not be cemented to the plug 1. After the bottle is lled the entire device is placed in the neck and is made secure with any preferred cement.

Having now fully described our invention, whatwe claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of'the United States, is-

1. In a non-reiillable bottle, a tubular plug adapted to iit within thebottle-neck, an integral 'bafie-plate within the upper portion of said plug, said baffle-plate having ports therein, said ports being bounded bythe inner wall of said plug, and an annular iange IOO projecting inwardly from said plug below said baifie-plate; substantially as described.

2. In a non-refillable bottle, a tubular plug` adapted to fit within the bottle-neck, a piece 7 fitting within the lower end of said plug, a valve seated upon said piece 7, said valve having a cup-like chamber therein, and an inwardly projecting iiange slightly above said valve; said flange being integral with said tubular plug, substantially as described.

3. In a non-rellable bottle, a cup 17 having a concentric opening in its bottom, a disk valve covering said opening and a tubular piece 7, within said cup above said valve, said piece 7 having an external ange 8, and a crenelated lower edge; substantially as described.

4. In a non-retillable bottle, a cup 17, having a concentric opening in its bottom, a disk valve covering said opening, said valve having peripheral recesses therein, and a tubular piece 7 within said cup above said valve, said piece 7 having an external ange S and depending spaced projections 9', substantially as described.

5. In a non-rellable bottle, a tubular plug, a tinted valve mounted therein, the lower portion of said valve being approximately conical in shape, a tubnlar piece 7 fitting within the lower end of said plug, said valve being seated npon the upper edge of said piece 7, a cup 17 below said plug the bottom of said cup having a concentric opening therein, a disk valve covering said opening, and the lower edge of said piece 7 having spaced notches therein; substantially as described.

6. The combination of a tubular plug adapted to t within a bottle-neck, a piece 7 fitting Within the lower end of said plug, a valve 13 seated upon said piece 7, an inwardly-projecting flange 6 slightly above said valve, a bathe-plate 3 slightly above said ange, a cup 17 having its upper portion embracing the lower portion of said plug, the bottom of said cup having a central opening therein, and a disk valve seated over said opening, the lower edge of said piece 7 being crenelated and slightly above said disk valve; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we aiix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ANNE A. DONI-IAM. ISAAC D. PEARCE. Witnesses:

M. L. LANGE, K. M. IMBODEN. 

